Attractions & things to do for the kids in your life

VISITOR INFORMATION

Schedule / hours: 2017: Open year-round from around 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. (The CBC Museum is open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)Admission price: 2017: FREEAddress: 250 Front Street West TorontoPhone: (416) 205-3311Website: Nearby restaurants: • There’s a large cafeteria where the CBC employees and the general public mingle on the east side of the Atrium.While you are there: • By the Front entrance of the CBC Building, you’ll find a life-size statue of Glen Gould sitting on a bench. Walk east around the building and you’ll notice a very long slab of granite. It is a monument commemorating the workers of Ontario who died in the workplace. The engraved “say-it-as-it-is” descriptions are sure to captivate any school-age child.Age group: 6 - 12 years old

Jewel in the crown corporation

You can’t miss the CBC Building, with all the red “x” contrasting over its dark windows. Inside, it is quite spectacular, with black and white tiles leading to the Barbara Frum Atrium, where a splash of green directs the eye towards the very high skylight. Look around carefully, you’ll notice all kinds of asymmetries. You’re witnessing a great sample of the “deconstructivism” school of architecture which aims at creating controlled chaos. (And as any parent knows, there’s value in controlled chaos!) The overall impression is ?ber cool. The French CBC (Radio-Canada) and partners organize a yearly Christmas gathering in the atrium with French performers and Santa Claus. (Call around the end of November for details.)